Yesterday, Liz and I commemorated the 20th anniversary of the strike by thanking our Union president who did such a great job carrying us through the hard times.
We also drove into Waukegan, Illinois, to walk the picket line with the teachers there. They were in Day 11 of their strike and we told them we sure didn't want them breaking our record for longest school strike in a district that survived it in the history of Illinois.
Striking is no fun whatsoever!!
One thing about the Waukegan strike is that there is no police presence at all at the closed schools. I didn't even see any driving by. Plus, there were no fences around the buildings like with our strike. However, there school board seems to be a lot like ours in their refusal to actually negotiate. They pay that idea lip service, but there is none.
We have several friends who teaches there, but would have gone anyway.
And. of course, it was the 20th anniversary of the beginning of our strike. What better way to commemorate than to walk the line again. Maybe Johnny C. should have written a song about it.
I found my old Revolutionary War "Don't Tread on Me" flag which I bought during out strike and it once again waved proudly out on the line.
--Cooter
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